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== Books ==
== Books ==
* 48 articles first serialized in Routledge's ''Every Boy's Paper'' became [[Modern Magic]] in (1876)  
* 48 articles first serialized in Routledge's ''Every Boy's Paper'' became [[Modern Magic]] in (1876)<ref>''Hoffmann's Five Foot Shelf of Magic'' by [[H. Adrian Smith]] in [[Tops]], Vol. 1, no. 12, december 1936, page 47.</ref>
* [[The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic]] by Robert-Houdin (1878) (Translator)
* [[The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic]] by Robert-Houdin (1878) (Translator)
* [[Drawing Room Conjuring]] by L.P. (1887) (Translator)
* [[Drawing Room Conjuring]] by L.P. (1887) (Translator)
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* [[Latest Magic]] (1918)
* [[Latest Magic]] (1918)


See Also ''Hoffmann's Five Foot Shelf of Magic'' by [[H. Adrian Smith]] in [[Tops]], Vol. 1, no. 12, december 1936, page 47.





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Professor Hoffmann
BornAngelo John Lewis
July 23, 1839
DiedDecember 23, 1919 (age 80)
NationalityBritish
CategoriesBooks by Professor Hoffmann

Professor Louis Hoffmann (July 23, 1839 - December 23, 1919), born Angelo John Lewis in England, was a lawyer, professor and the leading writer on magic, games, amusements and puzzles of his time.

He wrote a series of articles on magic for a boy's magazine (Every Boy's Annual) that was later expanded into his book Modern Magic. The pen name, Professor Hoffman, was used because he feared that his professional prospects as a lawyer would be injured if it became known that he possessed such an intimate knowledge of the arts of deception.

He was also the author of a novel for kids entitled, Conjurer Dick (1886).

Another one is named The Haunted Hat. If someone knows when it was published...

Books



References

  1. Hoffmann's Five Foot Shelf of Magic by H. Adrian Smith in Tops, Vol. 1, no. 12, december 1936, page 47.